magnetic. and what's so special about this is, first off, we don't see that here. right in the bay area. we're actually getting to see it. and also the last time g5 level geomagnetic storm happened was maybe 20 years ago. yeah back in 2005, this one also from a viewer that was watching us at the top of the show, ran out after they saw our reports, grabbed this photo to show us the sky and a lot of the purplish color. when you get closer near the city that people are seeing right now. oh, it's just so beautiful. so we need to step outside as soon as the show is over. see what we can wrap this up so we can go take a look. you all have a wonderful weekend. happy mother's day. take care. tonight, the judge in donald trump's hush money trial rebuking star witness michael cohen ahead of his testimony. the former president's once trusted personal attorney expected to testify monday about his role in paying off stormy daniels during the 2016

election. but the judge today urging prosecutors to get cohen to stop making public statements about the case before his showdown with his former boss in court. also tonight, the deadly storm slamming florida, a possible tornado hitting tallahassee, widespread damage. at least one person killed just out the biden administration report highly critical of israel's actions in gaza, but finding it did not violate its us weapons agreement. as israel prepares to invade rafah over us warnings, police arresting dozens of protesters at penn and mit as colleges try to keep commencements on track this weekend. and the controversy in virginia, a school board voting to restore confederate names to schools, the scary moment at the italian open, tennis superstar novak djokovic struck in the head by a water bottle and collapsing what we know and the spectacular show tonight, why the northern lights may be visible as far as the deep south

. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome, everyone. he is the biggest witness we haven't seen in donald trump's criminal trial. but that is expected to change monday morning, when multiple sources tell nbc news donald trump's former attorney, michael cohen, will come face to face with his ex-boss and testify for the prosecution in his falsifying business records case. cohen, who was once fiercely loyal to mr. trump and now a frequent and vocal critic, is expected to be questioned about a $130,000 hush money payout he says he made to buy the silence of adult actress stormy daniels at the behest of mr. trump. he says all during the heat of the 2016 presidential race. former president trump has pleaded not guilty to charges. he falsified business records to conceal the payments. trump lawyers poised meantime for their chance to

attack cohen's credibility. and tonight, the judge in the case is asking that cohen stop making public statements about mr. trump. senior legal correspondent laura jarrett has the latest. michael, tonight, nbc news learning from multiple sources. prosecutors will call their star witness, michael cohen. on monday. he called himself donald trump's fixer. now a vocal trump critic, cohen unleashing on his old boss in his book and on social media, spotted online this week wearing a t-shirt depicting mr. trump behind bars. the judge today directing prosecutors to inform cohen that the judge is asking him to refrain from making any statements about the case or mr. trump, but not placing a gag order on cohen. mr. trump remains under won, barring him from attacking witnesses and the jury. it's a disgrace. it's not a case. there's no crime. there is no crime, and they fail to show a crime. cohen, a critical witness for the prosecution as

the jury has now read his text messages, heard his voice and seen evidence that he paid stormy daniels $130,000 just days before the 2016 election, so she couldn't derail the campaign. the defense says her story of sex with mr. trump was false. a shakedown for money brokered by cohen, making his testimony and credibility on the stand essentially, mr. trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges of illegally disguising his reimbursement checks to cohen, his former attorney, as, quote, legal expenses to cover his tracks. the face off between the presumptive gop nominee and cohen, likely to be one of the most dramatic of the trial. cohen comes with baggage, including previous convictions for campaign finance violations and lying under oath. meanwhile, today, the jury hearing more from former trump aide madeleine westerhout, who sat outside the oval office and confirmed mr. trump met with cohen at the white house in 2017, where prosecutors say they devised

their reimbursement scheme. but she testified the former president signed checks without reviewing them first. contrary to what mr. trump said in his book and other witnesses set at trial. so, laura, we're four weeks into this case right now. has the prosecution appeared to check all the boxes they needed and wanted to check? lester, the challenge is that so far, this jury has not seen a single document, a single tape, a single piece of evidence directly showing that mr. trump himself falsified any records or caused anyone else to do so. instead they appear to be relying on cohen to connect those dots for him. and that's the challenge. lester. all right, laura, thanks very much. after a destructive week of severe weather today, it was florida that got slammed by what appeared to be tornadoes leaving at least one person dead. priya shrader has late developments for us, toppled trees and scattered construction equipment. tonight. tallahassee the latest in a line of cities cleaning up from severe weather this week. at least one woman is dead from the storms after a

tree fell on her home. suspected tornadoes, hail and powerful thunderstorms roared through the city early this morning, leaving 70,000 in the dark. carl whittington was describing the storm to us. i looked out the window and it's just white. when another tree fell behind his home, there goes my big pine tree in the backyard. the big top at florida state university's famous high flying circus was ripped apart, leaving the 75 year old student act without a place to perform. alarms started going off, and then you could hear the wind really like howling. the deadly week long severe weather outbreak has devastated families from michigan to tennessee, like brian lovett. last night we told you she was still looking for her mother. tonight. she's learned her mom, 67 year old cheryl lovett, died and she was wonderful. you couldn't make her

mad. she was always smiling. and back here in atlanta, crews are still working to clear downed trees. but the good news, lester, is the storm system will finally move off the atlantic coast tonight, giving us a break from the extreme weather for the next few days. priya schrader, thank you. tonight, the biden administration finds itself grappling with its response to the war in the middle east, criticizing the war effort and a new report and pausing deliveries of some but not all, weapons earmarked for israel. richard engel has more. reporter as israel launched new attacks across gaza tonight, the state department issued a long anticipated report that had the potential to block the flow of american weapons to israel. it didn't. while the report was extremely critical of israel's use of american provided weapons and the high number of civilian casualties in gaza, it stopped short of determining that israel violated international humanitarian law, citing in part

the complications of war. to draw conclusion. this week, president biden warned directly that the u.s. would stop sending weapons if israel launched a major offensive on the city of rafah in gaza. but in an interview with phil mcgraw, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu brushed it off, saying only israel decides what's best for its security. we've destroyed about 20 battalions of the hamas's 24, terrorist battalions. we have another four to go there in rafah, and that's where we want to go into rafah, because we can't leave them there. but this is what it looks like from the inside. the most dangerous city now in the gaza strip. our crew in rafah kept rolling as the israeli military advanced and palestinians ran for their lives. they're not sure where they're going, just away from the sounds of explosions. our cameraman arrived at a narrow alley. israel had just struck a building at the far end of it.

he films as wounded children stream out, in some cases carried by other children. israel says it's targeting hamas with precision strikes at the local hospital, and medics treated more than 25 casualties. most of them appear to have been children, two administration officials tell nbc news that defensive and offensive weapons, including small arms, are still flowing to israel with new shipments recently sent lester okay. richard engel tonight. thank you. and tensions over the war continued to divide america's college campuses, where there was a surreal blend of clashes and time honored tradition. here's liz creutz as thousands of college graduates take the stage in celebration tonight at other universities. a stark contrast with more arrests made by police breaking up pro-palestinian encampments at the university of pennsylvania. police in riot gear, physically

removing demonstrators, detaining 33 people, and at the university of arizona law enforcement using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. police say rocks and water bottles were thrown at officers. demonstrators still camped out on the stage where commencement usually takes place at pomona college near los angeles. the school announcing it's moving the ceremony off campus at columbia. there will be no university wide celebration this year, but smaller events got underway today away from the main campus. i wish we were celebrating on morningside campus today, but alas, we are not. meanwhile, at the university of southern california, annette tabassum, the school's pro-palestinian valedictorian, oxnard tabassum, receiving her diploma at a smaller department ceremony today, usc canceled tabassum speech and ultimately their entire main commencement ceremony, citing security concerns. some jewish groups had voiced concerns over tabassum. s

instagram, which included a link to a website that calls for the abolishment of israel. sad to hear not speak honestly. i'd love to hear her. asnah tabassum at an event yesterday, tabassum getting an ovation from her classmates today. tabassum sharing what would have been her speech with the school newspaper. a majority of it. she blacked out, sending a message that she was silenced and leicester, this is where the encampment once was now filled with celebratory graduates. all around campus, there are signs warning students that anyone who is exceptionally disruptive today may be removed immediately. lester, liz creutz, thank you. in virginia, a school board voting to restore the names of confederate leaders to two schools after they were changed a few years back during a nationwide reckoning over racism. here's yamiche alcindor tonight. people in shenandoah county are divided after virginia school district voted 5 to 1 to restore the names of confederate military leaders to two public schools. the reason why they changed the name, i

kind of understand that. but we need to put it back to our heritage, just where we're from. this is what we do. i don't like it at all, and just thinking about it makes my heart race. stonewall jackson it's a part of our heritage. process was wrongfully done last night. parents teachers and students sounded off in front of the school board. people don't take the time to think about students like me who would not be proud to graduate from high school with the name stonewall jackson. he fought for slavery to be a constitutional right. the contentious hours long board meeting lasted into early friday morning. please do what's right for san marino county restore our heritage, our history in our school names my heart breaks for the children that are going to have to walk into schools named after people that wanted them and their families enslaved by the white man. after the killing of george floyd in 2020, there were nationwide efforts to reckon with racism and get rid of confederate symbols. statues were removed from public

squares, schools and military bases across the country were renamed here at stonewall jackson high school and ashby lee elementary became mountain view high and honey run elementary. but in the years since, some conservative leaders here have been trying to reverse those efforts, which is what happened here. you cannot ignore the heritage and feelings of your black and brown students. just because you're the minority. they honor men who believed that i have less value and worth because i'm black. this reversal is a sign that the debate over how america deals with its painful past is far from over. lester yamiche, thank you. in 60s, the battle over electric vehicles, the biden administration about to take major action against evs from china. that's next. i'm overly competitive, brother. i'm ready for a rematch. game on. i've been practicing with the cello. you want me to lower the hoop, foul. what are you gonna tell me

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which has added more than 27,000 jobs in the industry since 2020, including at facilities like this one. just outside atlanta. ascend elements plays a critical role in the ev supply chain recycling spent batteries, then selling back the valuable metals within for reuse. so when i look at this, i just see scrap. what do you see? dollars battery recycling at this scale used to be done only in china. how much of this industry can be done entirely in the united states in the future? well, all of it can be. it's just a question of if we decide to ascend. employees, including trump supporter chris bryant, largely shrugging off the former president's attacks on evs. i think ev cars will be the future of america. the energy department says 60% of new battery and vehicle plants are planned for red states, including a new toyota plant in kentucky and a hyundai ev plant in georgia. but electric vehicles have had a rough few months. automakers including

ford and gm announcing they will scale back or delay ev production. tesla recently announcing layoffs as demand for evs has dropped. still, this hyundai ev plant will bring 5000 jobs to the district of republican buddy carter, who considers himself a supporter of donald trump and evs. how do you square the way he trashes that industry with your support for it in your district? well, you know, look, the president and i may have some different views on this particular subject, and i believe that people want to see evs and they want to make sure that we're manufacturing them here in america. that's very important. but it can't be forced upon it. it has to be market driven, leaving the future of evs at the center of the national political debate, even as the industry shifts gears. garrett hake, nbc news, covington, georgia there is more to come. up next, the spacex storm bringing a spectacular light show. nothing dims my

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named after the angel who saved her life. many children in gaza. schiff by angeles back then, doctors told nbc news that malak had survived much more than the siege. her neighborhood had been bombed. her family killed. unbalance found this baby in the tree. our family died. malak was just two days old when she arrived at al-shifa, an orphan, remarkably stable, her condition only deteriorated during the siege. when doctors say they were forced to prepare her formula using contaminated water. it's been four months since the evacuation and malak is thriving thanks to amal abu khalil, a doctor at the al emirati neonatal unit. doctor cottle watched for two months as the little girl lay alone in the hospital incubator in rafah. i got so close to her, she says.

after everything she's been through, i promised to make it up to her. and so the 32 year old doctor volunteered to take her home as a single parent and leave her with my sister, and she takes care of her. when i'm at work, she says. everyone treats her as if she is their biological daughter. malak is a regular visitor to the hospital that saved her life, and while they're still checking for any surviving relatives in this brutal war that has claimed the lives of so many, doctor khalil is now embracing her new role as a mother. erin mclaughlin, nbc news. nice to see you smiles in a place of such sadness. that's nightly news for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. from universal studios hollywood, it's password. and now here's the host of our show, keke palmer